Fish-hook.



No. 805,284. PATENTED NOV. 21, 1905. O. M. GREENWAY & J. HORNER.

FISH HOOK.

APPLICATION FILED PEB.14. 1905.

Witnesses: Inventors HIM. M Attornegs- UNITED STATES CHARLES M.GREENWVAY AND JOSEPH HORNER, OF GRAND RAPIDS,

MICHIGAN.

FISH-HOOK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 21, 1905.

Application filed February 14,1905. Serial No 245,608.

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, CHARLES M. GREEN- WAY and JOSEPH HORNER, citizensof the United States, residing at Grand Rapids, in the county of Kentand State of Michigan, have invented a new and useful Fish-Hook, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to fish-hooks.

As is well known, all fishermen have a great deal of trouble in guardingagainst loss of the bait, more particularly live bait, due to the factthat the hook is secured through the mouth of the bait, thus leaving itsentire body exposed for a fish to bite without touching the hook. Ofcoursethere are many game fish that always try to swallow the minnowfrom its head end, and these are generally hooked; but there are otherfish that bite from the tail of the bait, and it is this class of fishthat is the most trouble to anglers, for the reason above stated.Furthermore, where a line is drawn through a strong current or indrawing the hook rapidly through the water there is always more or lessdanger of detaching the bait, owing to the fact that its connection withthe hook is of a very weak and delicate character.

It is the object of the present invention in a ready, simple, andpractical manner to' obviate the above objectionable features byproviding a fish-hook in which the bait will be positively held againstthe accidental separation therefrom, in which the barb of the hook maybe disposed at the tail instead of at the head of the fish, so thatshould the fish strike the bait near the tail it will be liable to behooked, and, further, to provide a hook which will keep the minnow orother live bait straight While in the water and after it is dead.

WVith the above and other objects in view, as will appear as the natureof the invention is better understood, the same consists in the variousnovel details of a fish-hook, as will be hereinafter fully described andclaimed.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, andin which like characters of reference indicate corresponding parts,there are illustrated two forms of embodiment of the invention, eachcapableof carrying the same into practical operation, it beingunderstood that the elements therein exhibited may be varied or changedas to shape, proportion, and exact manner of as semblage withoutdeparting from the spirit thereof.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a view in perspective, exhibiting one formof the hook combined with a fish and showing the manner in which theimpaling-point performs its function. Fig. 2 is an edge View of a hook,the snood being omitted. Fig. 3 is a perspective View of the hook shownin Figs. 1 and 2 with the snood combined therewith. Fig. 4 is an edgeview of a modified form of fish-hook. Fig. 5 is a perspective View ofthe form of hook shown in Fig. 4.

Referring to the drawings and to Figs. 1 to 3 thereof, there is shown anordinary fish-hook 1, the line-engaging end 2 of the shank of which isdeflected or bent at an angle to the shank and at right angles to thebend 3 of the hook proper. This deflected portion 2 constitutes animpaling-point and is sharpened for this purpose and projects somedistance beyond the wrapping4 of the snood 5, as clearly shown in Fig.3. In the use of this form of the invention the hook 3 is passed intothe mouth of the minnow and out through its gills, and theimpaling-point 2 is then forced through the roof of the mouth of theminnow, as shown in Fig.1, thereby positively impaling the head upon thepoint, while the hook 3 is passed laterally through the body of the fishnear its tail. It will be seen from this that not only is the fishdoubly secured upon the hook, but that it will beheld straight afterdeath, and, further, should a fish try to take the bait from the tail itwill almost inevitably be caught or hooked.

In the form of embodiment of the invention shown in Figs. 4 and 5, inwhich the snood is omitted, the terminal of the shank 6 of the hook isformed into an eye? and thence disposed along the side of the shank fora short distance, as at 8, and thence bent across the shank and at rightangles to the hook 9, as shown at 10, to present the impaling-point.Thisform of hook may be used Where a snood is not employed and will befound as effective for the purpose designed as the-form of inventionshown in Fig. l.

Of'course it will be understood that these fish-hooks may be made invarious sizes to suit different kinds of fish and, further, that two ormore hooks may be combined in the manner common and well known, and asthis will be Well understood detailed illustration thereof is deemedunnecessary.

Having thus described the invention, What is claimed is 1. A fish-hookhaving its line-engaging terminal provided with an impaling-point.

2. A fish-hook provided at its line-engaging end with an impaling-pointdisposed at an angle to the shank.

3. A fish-hook having the line-engaging end of its shank formed into animpaling-point obliquely disposed relatively to the shank and arrangedat right angles to the bend of the 15 hook proper.

4. A fish-hook having the line-engaging end of its shank formed with aneye and with an impaling-point adjacent thereto.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing as 20 our own we have heretoafiixed our signatures in the presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES M. GREENWAY. JOSEPH HORNER.

Witnesses: 4

HERBERT P. BLANOHARD, MERTON B. KNETTLE.

